Psalms 107 · Verse 15

Psalms 107:15

Oh that men would praise the Lord for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men!
Psalms 107:15, King James Version

Psalms 107:15 in other translations

BSBLet them give thanks to the LORD for His loving devotion and His wonders to the sons of men.
WEBLet them praise the LORD for his loving kindness, for his wonderful deeds to the children of men!
ASVOh that men would praise Jehovah for his lovingkindness, And for his wonderful works to the children of men!
YLTThey confess to Jehovah His kindness, And His wonders to the sons of men.
DARBYLet them give thanks unto Jehovah for his loving-kindness, and for his wondrous works to the children of men;
BBELet men give praise to the Lord for his mercy, and for the wonders which he does for the children of men!
WebsterOh that men would praise the LORD for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men!

What does Psalms 107:15 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Psalms 107:10-16

10-16. Their sufferings were for their rebellion against (Psa 105:28) the words, or purposes, or promises, of God for their benefit. When humbled they cry to God, who delivers them from bondage, described as a dark dungeon with doors and bars of metal, in which they are bound in iron--that is, chains and fetters. shadow of death--darkness with danger (Psa 23:4).

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Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 15 O that men, etc. - This is the intercalary verse, or burden, of the second part, as it was of the first. See Psa 107:8.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Psalms 107:10-16

This description of prisoners and captives intimates that they are desolate and sorrowful. In the eastern prisons the captives were and are treated with much severity. Afflicting providences must be improved as humbling providences; and we lose the benefit, if our hearts are unhumbled and unbroken under them. This is a shadow of the sinner's deliverance from a far worse confinement. The awakened sinner discovers his…

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Psalms 107:15 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

יוֹד֣וּyo.Dulet them give thanksH3034
לַיהוָ֣הla.Yah.wehto YahwehH3068
חַסְדּ֑וֹchas.Docovenant loyalty hisH2617
וְ֝נִפְלְאוֹתָ֗יוve.nif.le.'o.Tavand wonders hisH6381
לִבְנֵ֥יliv.Neito [the] children ofH1121
אָדָֽם\׃'a.DamhumankindH120

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Psalms 107:15

  • Psalms 107:21

    Oh that men would praise the Lord for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men!

  • Psalms 107:31

    Oh that men would praise the Lord for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men!

  • Psalms 116:17-19

    I will offer to thee the sacrifice of thanksgiving, and will call upon the name of the Lord. I will pay my vows unto the Lord now in the presence of all his people, In the courts of the Lord’s house, in the midst of thee, O Jerusalem. Praise ye the Lord.

  • Psalms 107:8

    Oh that men would praise the Lord for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men!

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
8,21,31; 116:17-19

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Psalms 107:14

    He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death, and brake their bands in sunder.

  • Psalms 107:15

    Oh that men would praise the Lord for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men!

  • Psalms 107:16

    For he hath broken the gates of brass, and cut the bars of iron in sunder.

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Psalms 107:15 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Alaben la misericordia de Jehová, y sus maravillas para con los hijos de los hombres.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Qu’ils célèbrent l’ Éternel pour sa bonté, et pour ses merveilles envers les fils des hommes!
German
Elberfelder 1871
Mögen sie Jehova preisen wegen seiner Güte und wegen seiner Wundertaten an den Menschenkindern!